Physics

Articles about matter, energy, forces and physical laws.

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Pellet

Pendulum

Penetration power

Penetration power (projectiles and barriers)

Period (physics)

Permeability (electromagnetism)

Magnetic permeability (electromagnetism)

Permeance

Permeance: how easily matter or energy passes through a medium

Perpetual motion

Phase

Phase (cyclic states in nature and science)

Phase difference

Phase velocity

Phase velocity

Phase velocity is the speed at which a particular phase of a single-frequency component of a wave propagates; distinct from group velocity and affected by dispersion and the medium

Phenomenon

Phenomenon: definition, origins, types, and uses

Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica

Phonon

Phosphorescence

Phosphorescence: slow photoluminescence and glow-in-the-dark materials

Photocathode

Photocathode: light-sensitive electron-emitting electrode

Photoelectric effect

Photoelectric effect: emission of electrons induced by light

Photographic filter

Photographic filter: types, uses, history, and practical guidance

Photon

Physical

Physical (term): meanings, uses, and distinctions

Physical coefficient

Physical compression

Physical constant

Physical fitness

Physical fitness: components, measurement, history and practical importance

Physical law

Physical object

Physical object (in physics and everyday use)

Physical property

Physical quantity

Physical system

Physical system (physics)

Physicalism

Physicalism: the philosophical view that reality is fundamentally physical

Physicist

Physicist: Role, Methods, History, and Notable Figures

Physics

Physics

Physics: study of matter, energy, space and time

Physics examines matter, energy, forces, space and time. It develops laws and models from classical mechanics to quantum theory and underpins many technologies.

Physique

Physique — human body build, types, and significance

Picometre

Picometre (pm) — SI unit of length equal to 10⁻¹² metre

Picosecond

Piezoelectricity

Piezoelectricity: principles, materials, history, and applications

Pion

Planck constant

Planck constant

Fundamental physical constant linking a photon's energy to frequency; central to quantum mechanics and the modern SI system, often used in the form ħ = h/2π.

Planck length

Planck mass

Planck time

Planck units

Planck's law

Planck's law — spectral distribution of blackbody radiation

Plane wave

Plasma

Plasma (physics)

Plasma (physics): the ionized state of matter and its properties

Plasma lamp

Plasma lamp (plasma globe)

Plasma window

Plasma window: a magnetically confined plasma interface between vacuum and atmosphere

Platonic crystal